Measurement of Verbal Listening Accuracy in Children

Abstract

A multiple-choice intelligibility-type listening accuracy test was administered to 1,857 elementary-school-age children, in groups of 30, and to 200 children age 5 through 9 years in individual settings. Two hypotheses which proved to be acceptable in the study were: (1) listening accuracy is a developmental phenomenon as measured by the present test; and (2) listening accuracy, as assessed in this study, can be reliably measured in groups as well as on an individual basis.